Posts Tagged ‘Town centre’
600 residents hold vigil to save EMD Cinema
OTHER REPORTS ON THE PROTEST Walthamstow Guardian coverage as “600 residents protest at council plans” McGuffins organised the vigil and took pictures on the night BBC News report on “Fight to save Hitchcock cinema” Telegraph piece on the fight to “save cinema where Alfred Hitchcock saw first films” The Independent tell the story of “Hitchcocks [...]
And the news at 7am to 11pm is…
The Walthamstow Town Centre big screen was plugged in at lunchtime today (6th August) with environmental health officers overseeing the turn on. Officials wandered around the square to test what the sound levels were like at various points. Workers in Nat West bank told them they could hear the TV in their upstairs offices but [...]
Open Air Cinema Saturday 12th July
“New York, New York, It’s a wonderful town” (youtube clip) Walthamstow Town Centre’s the place to be on Saturday the 12th July for a free open air big screen showing of the classic Hollywood musical “On The Town“. Starring Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett and the music of Leonard Bernstein, it features some of Hollywood’s [...]
Walthamstow West Community Council (June 08)
45 GRAND TO SPEND If you had a few thousand pounds to improve your area, what would you spend it on? That was the question put to residents at the Walthamstow West Community Council this month. Each of the four wards in Walthamstow West have £10,000 to spend this year, along with an extra £5,000 [...]
Thank you & keep the feedback coming
A couple of hundred people, tv crews from BBC & ITV News, and lots of feedback from locals concerned about the glut of tower blocks planned for Walthamstow. Sunday’s demo (June 1st), organised by Fight The Height was a resounding success. With leaflets winging their way around the area, the first part of BAG’s campaign [...]
Fight The Height Demo – Sun 1st June Midday
Join Fight The Height for a demo against the councils plans to cover Walthamstow with numerous huge tower blocks. It’s at noon this Sunday, 1st June in Walthamstow town square so why not combine visiting the demo with a trip to the farmers market (10-2pm). Buy some organic preserves, and preserve the Victorian skyline at [...]
Tower blocks rise, House prices fall
Interesting article in the Waltham Forest Guardian this week claiming that the proposed development of a 18 storey tower block on the former Arcade site has hit prices for houses in its shadow. “When a resident next to the site went to a surveyor she discovered the preferred design that St Modwen has suggested for [...]
15, 18, 23, Do I hear any higher?
The battle to find out which high rise will be the largest, most unpopular, and least wanted by the community is on. 18 storeys are planned on the old arcade site, along with the 15 and 23 storey flats planned for Blackhorse Road. In response local campaigners have set up a website Fighttheheight.co.uk to try [...]
